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Police are still actively investigating a fire that destroyed the rural home last month.

“We are making a public appeal for further information,” Sgt. van Rooy said.

The abandoned farmhouse was the subject of an intense police investigation when it was found to have a padlocked dungeon in its basement in late November.

A fire broke out at 140 Concession Rd. 7 outside of Pickering shortly after midnight on January 6 and soon consumed the desolate building where police had been carrying out an investigation.

Before the blaze, police were trying to determine who built the “confinement-style” room with padlocks affixed to the very thick door. It was discovered when crews went in to assess the building, which had been scheduled for demolition.

Police said the house was last occupied in 2006, but the room was new — believed to have been built within the last year or two.